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Originally Posted by Waldo Pepper
Correct, but it can increase the ERP or effective radiated power which is more relevant in path loss calculations.
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Yes, ERP (or EiRP) is relevant for path loss calculations but irrelevant for determining if you are going to overheat the router. That's what they were suggesting would happen from fitting bigger antennas...
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An omnidirectional aerial in an ideal world has a circular radiation pattern when viewed from directly above.
When viewed from the side, it's a circular lobe shape.
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A 2dBi 1/4 wave dipole may be circular lobe shaped from the side but not a 16dBi.
A 12dBi looks like the attachment below.
A 16dBi like the OP is talking about (if it really is, because that is a ludicrous claim) would be even more flattened.